Germany’s latest onshore wind tender has again been significantly undersubscribed, failing to come anywhere near the 650 megawatts (MW) on offer and awarding only 208 MW, continuing a year-long trend which can be easily traced back to substantial permitting issues.
Germany’s offshore wind energy supply chain is currently under significant pressure, according to European wind energy trade body WindEurope, with a lack of auctions and underwhelming future prospects threatening a once-leading industry.
The latest German onshore wind tender has again been significantly undersubscribed, awarding only 270 megawatts (MW) of a tendered volume of 650 MW, with state permitting again held up as the defining factor constraining results.
The growth of onshore wind energy is collapsing in Germany, according to European wind energy trade body WindEurope, and in the process is jeopardising not only the renewable energy targets of Germany but of the whole European Union.
Only 41 wind turbines with a combined output of 134 megawatts (MW) were installed in Germany in the first quarter of 2019, plummeting 87% from the same quarter a year earlier, according to figures released on Monday by German consultancy FA Wind.
Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas announced Monday that it had completed the installation of 44 of its 8.4 megawatt (MW) wind turbines at the 370 MW Norther Offshore Wind Farm in record time.
Germany’s latest onshore wind tender was again under-subscribed with only 476 megawatts (MW) of capacity being awarded of an available 700 MW.
For the second time this year, Germany has awarded all available capacity from its latest mixed wind and solar renewable energy auction to large-scale solar projects, awarding a total combined capacity of 201 megawatts (MW).
German energy company E.ON and Norwegian oil, gas, and wind company Equinor have announced this week that their 385 megawatt (MW) Arkona offshore wind farm has generated its first electricity into the German electricity grid.
The average price awarded in Germany’s third onshore wind auction this year climbed slightly to €61.6 per megawatt-hour (MWh) due primarily to the country’s lengthy permitting process, according to experts.
